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StU s )NI) tDITIoN. SUN-OFFICE, THREE O'CLOtk, f. V.T. Wa stop the Press to State that Dispatenes have this rnonient arrived at the Admiralty froth Adtttiral Puavit, dated the 71h ultimo. They Were brought by the Encounter Gun .brig. We are happy to have it in our power to state, that the comMuniCa tions between Admiral Pnevis and the Command ant at Cadiz have been renewed, and the most perfe/4 understanding subsisted between the British and the Spaniards. The Admiral commanding the Spanih Fleet in the Harbour of Cadiz had been several tunes on board Admiral PURVIS.% Ship, and it was generally believed in the Fleet that an arrangement had been made : by Which our Pleet was to be admitted into Cadiz, on the eth ult. the day after the Dis patches Cam e It gives us the Most sincere pleasure to find thar!The accounts which had previ ously reached us, of the rising of the Patriots in -Andalusia, is fully Oonfirmed al most the Whole male population of that Province had taken up arms, even before they were folly acquainted with the decisive measures 'which had been adopted by their Countrym en in the Northern Provinces. THIRD EDITION% SUN-brricE, HALF-PAST THREE O'CLOCK. WE hav6 just been favoured with the following Roost important Letter, from an Officer belongi,ng to our Fleet of Cadiz, dated June /th " The Spanish Admiral has been on board Sir lottrt Goßg, to solicit the aid of the Squadron to secure the French Ships who were moored above them in the harbour. " Four of our Ships were going in, and Pilots viere sent for the rest. The batteries had opened on tte Frenth when the Officer left." IMPERIAL i'ARLIAMEItiTc, HOUSE OF PEERS. twunsnAir, . commissioN. . . • the Royal ASSent was notified by Commission to a great number of public and private Bills. Among the for Mer Were the Six Millions Exchequer the Lottery, the Corn Distiller} , PrOhibition, the Scotch Looal the Rice Importation, the Southern Whale Fishery; the Dublin Police Bills, &c. The ComMisiricinerS were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Bathurst, and Lord WAsitagliam. In the Committee of Privileges Mr. Broughatn Was heard in behalf of Lady Essei-Kerr ; after which it was ordered that the Committee do sit again to morrow. A number of Bills Were brought back from the Gammons, with the concurrence of that Rotise to the amendments made by their Lordships. The Ai-louse theh proceeded to forward the BILIS on the table. TIIUTICL • .' Ilenfivarket . p hew are was represented last nigh t , at t hi s m undeie he title of Plot eiei Coeeeovioep or, a Portrait of Miclsorl Cervantes. DRAUIATi& Pg4RSONA. Don Don FerFernananndo de; . . - Mr. M4 - Paswa. • . - . M r . C K skiALL. Den Leon -. .- Mr. Pswata Pia. Don Baltbaser . .. . - Mr . G aov t. ' Fdbio - - - - Mr. F•wctrr. Pedrillo . - . Mr. LI-rom• Donna Lorentz . - - M rs . Mbt Araws. Juana - .. ~ . Mrs G Isi s. Beatrice .. . . . Mrs. DAVLVPORt. The scene of aelion lies in Madrid. The plot .' irises from the endeavours of Fernando and assisted by t h e i r respeCtive servants, Fati Lean, o and Pedrillo, to supplant each other in their preteusions to Lorenza, the daughter of Fernandez, 'a Por trait Qpainter. CERVANTES, the great author of Don uixotic, is supposed to have just died ad te rior of a C onvent applies to Fcrnandez, , r e qui rin g him to make a piatire of the departed Poet, the profits of which the Palme r is to divide with the Order Fernando` hearin, this agreement between the Patni . er and th e ' Monk, conceives hat it will afford him an op d i r- tunity of getting into the house of the warvPaitPiter, and depriving him of his daughter. He therefore assumes the habit of the Monk, and introduces his servant as the deail Poet. ' Leon, who had overheard this intention of Fernando, reselves to anticipate him : with the same expedient ; and his man also assumes the appearance of the departed Poet, but the two latter do not arrive till the first two }la% e gained ad mission. Lorfinxt is really attached to Leon, who rescuer' bc.l . ?V Fernando was bearing her away, and the fathe r re wards the former with her hand. This I.*ce . is a iraiisiation from one t h at has been very Po p ular on th e Freekh stage. Another tranila tioo of the sate the, all .se have before atated was brought forward,. et , UN.D Covent-garden Thea tre, on nL.tt's ben e At, and repeated th e r e on the last oielit of the season. Both translations are given with spirit, but that of last night is more compact, less complicated, and consequently more intelligible. The most diverting part of the piece, is that in which -Pe , :rillo appears as the corpse, under the terror of twine; thrown into the river, 17,l(Aernmetit should arrive, if any of the Officers of as painting the dead is a ceiminal act in Spain, or of being , mansled by the Painter, in order that he may t - Th e alarm have an opportunity of re oresenting a woun d f rom nature.. . also of the two servants in the supposed departed s t ate, each considering the other as a real corpse, excited high entertainm en t in the audience. The Farce was altogether very well received, and it is a very fl oo d addition to the dramatic stock of this Theatre. The Piece of last !light is a translation by :Mr. Ctiestees Kesteee, and affords good scope for the Performers. Mr. C. Kemtoe performed Fer nando, instead of PIYTNAS4, who is indisposed. ifs Ilieyed with great spirit. The Piece, besides its in ttinsic merits, is eminently indebted to FAwczrT, LISTON, MATHEWS, and Mrs. GIBBS. It was 31). 1 1 /6111 4:rd for this evening with the hearty approba liou Of a 'et ry numerous audience. aUTUX BRITISH NAvY.—According to the last Tts- N, th ere are i n comm i ssion, repairing fur service, d building, 1,108 ships of war, of which 265 are "the line, 38 from 50 to 44 guus, 258 frigates, 302 610 ops war, and Y 57 armed brigi. STAMP DUTIES BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Lord SUFFOLK rose to express his disapprobation of ihe principle of the Bill, and of the hardships to which it would expose pers us already labouring un der a multiplicity of .distresses. The Noble Earl in stanced the case of some tenants of his own, upon .whom it would press with peculiar severity., Lord I,AuDKRD4LE would not detAip their Lord ships with a repetition of the objeetions to the prin ciple of the Bill, which he continued to consider as most iniquitous. He should then, in the most re gular and public manner, enter his protest against the Bill. SPAIN AND SWEDEN. e ta em pt a ihat nfiglit still he triede to assert the hide- ' peedeeee of the North of Eu'rope? Our hostility - to Denniark could not be very keen : we should even be disposed to make the (ohende hotioratle to • her for what has past, and rather Contemplate what eeconciliation and future friendship, might effeec.i, than what Might gratify Present Inistility. He sho'uld trouble their ,Lordslisps no farther, bat - only hope, that in expressing these his sentiments on the present de eas i on , lie had not been guilty of any irregularity. Lord IIAWISEURY gave full credit to the candid • and circumspect manner jn which the Noble Duke !. had delivered his opinions upon-points of such deli- Lacy. The Noble Duke was perfectly regular in the mode he took of delivering them, for when 'supplies was to 'be granted to his Majesty, it was dOubtless opeO to every Noble Lord to advise how those grants ought to be applied. In adverting to the points to I which the Noble Duke had More particularly di re&ed the attention of the Holkie, their LOrdshipS must be sensible that his observations must be very general, and that owing to the very peculiar and delicate na ore of the subjea„ he could not at pre sent enter into ar.y detailed explanations. With resped to Spain, the people of that countay have manifested a spirit and determination to resist the attempts of their invaders, which would have done honour to the most glorious periods of their history - , and which, perhaps were not to be expetted tinder the pressure of such formidable 6itficulties. Such a scene, every man in that House, every man in this Country, must hail with the liveliest satisfaction, and what every generous heart must wish should be done in support of so glorious a cause, his Majesty's Ministers would feel it their duty., as it was the interest of the Country, to do. With regard to what information • they had received, of the de signs, or the hopes of those brave resolute men, whO, in defence of their. country's independence,. were exposing themselves to every thing Which a powerful and sanguinerity rant Could devise and in tiia, it could not be exper he should now Unfold. Ma Majesty's Ministers were fully sensible of the extreme importance of this event ,and he trusted they would be found to have- aaed'accordingly.— The situation of Sweden was certainly the next in interest and importance, and towards the Monarch. of that kingdom, whose gallant exertions so justly claimed our warmest wishes and admiration, the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers would also, h e trusted, appear to be without reproach. When the • time carne freely to unfold the principles and the. views which had guided that conduLt—whenever that moment arrived, he should not shrink front that inquiry ; but on.the contrary, be most for Ward and eager to court it. He hoped, that under circum stances like the present, he should not beexpeaed to enter into any details, but be allowed to expea that their Lordships might be assured that his Majesty's Government would negleet nothing which the na ture at the circumstances, both of this and of other countries, might suggest and require. Lord Hootostan still retained his objections to the Bill, on which. however, he sin old not now again dwell, but rather follow the example of his Noble Friend near him, and shortly express his opinion of the present aspect of affairs. What was the extent, Of toe means of the Spanish Patriots, or what their future views respeaing a change in their Govern ment, he did not pretend to be accurately informed.. Of the spirit that adtuated them he had no. doubt ; and from the nature of the country, and the resources which that spirit would supply, he willingly took the most auspicious omens. It held out a nrospea of things which authorised the best hopes ; 'and he anxiously expected it would be improved and taken advantage ot. Much would depend opon the spirit and the views wi•h. which the Government of this Country would now act towards Spain. His ad vice was, that their spirit should be most liberal, their views most explicit, their objeas most distinet, and most plainly understood. If they attempted at all to assist the efforts of Spain to resist her invaders, they should broadly explain, not only 'what they tended to do, but also what they did not in tend to do. Above all they should convinc e the Spaniards, ' that in assisting' them we- had no private interests to promote, 'no. selfish, ob e jeers to attain, no favourite foriva of GovernmeOt to prescribe, that we had ricicomMercial advahtages to require, no exclusive panlialities to insist:on.— That we disinterestedly assisted Spain to achieve what the Spahish people were hazarding every thing to ac complish : that we were consequently willing to gua rantee the integrity of the Spanish Empire, and to negotiate with any form of Government which 'the Spanish people'Were disposed to adopt, or with any family which they might chuse to call to the Throne, if they decided on a Monarchical form; whether li mitted or unlimitted. Not a moment should be lost in laying down agreements of that nature. The time for acing was the present moment, and his Majesty's Ministers would be seriously responsible, if, for any petty -considerations, such as those he had alluded to, the opportunity should be lost. He should again repeat, that the ground of co-operation and assistance between the two Countries should be broad, liberal, and thoroughly understood on both sides. The Duke of NORFOLK could by no means assent to a principle laid down by his Noble Friend, he meant the guaranteeing the integrity of the Spanish Empire. He considered the Spanish possessions in South America as Wet from the present moment, and severed for, ever from the Mother Country. It was therefore, for tile Government of this Country, a Commercial and Maritime Nation, to watch the fall of the Spanish Colonies. He could not other wise look with security and •satisfae - tion to the Bri tish Interests in that quarter. The question was then put on the third reading of the Bill, and agreed to without a divisi o n. HYDE PARK. The Duke of NORFOLK did not rise to oppose the Bill --Burthened as the country already. was with a load of taxes, its situation was perhaps such as, under the present circumstances, to call for and jus tify some addition to that burthen. His object • in rising now was to avail himself of the privilege of a Peer of Parliament, and to give that advice to his Majesty's Ministers which the consideration of the present posture of affairs sug gested to his mind. lie hoped it might not be deemed irregular or un parliamentary to offer that advice, acid put a few questions to his Majesty's Government, at a moment when Parliament was voting supplies for the current service of the year. In stating his opinion to the House, it was by no means his wish to draw any answers from the Ministers which they should not deem it perfectly safe to make ; indeed he looked for no answers or observations at all respeaing the subjeets he should touch upon, unless his Majesty's . Ministers thought it consistent with their duty and the present critical state of affairs to enter into some explanation of them. The points to which he ob viously alluded, and on which the public attention most anxiously hong, were the present situation - of Spain and Sweden. The most wanton ambition, the foulest peredy, the most cruel, oppression, had lately displaed themselves in Spain, to a degree unpiirai leled, he believed, in any age or country. These excesses had fired the Spaniards with becoming in dignation and resentment, and they were now en deavouring to resist the fate which was preparing to overwhelm them. Such a spectacle must at all times be interesting to Englishmen ; but it must be peculiarly so at the present moment. There was no IMO but must wish success to • a generous people rruggling in the glorious cause of the maintenance of•tbeir independence; no man, he_was sure, could more cordially wish them success than he did, or would more willingly concur in the proper means of promoting and ensuring that success. But what was the best mode by which Spain could be assisted ? He diA Lot pretend to know the particular circurn cances in which Spain was placed, or the degrea of hope that might be entertained of the success of *those who were endeavonring to resist the sternest _tyranny, instigated by the most desperate ambition ever before attempted to be exercised by any,Poten tdte over the independence of Nations. Louis IV. _it is true, aspired to universal Monarchy, but in a milder .way, and With means less terrible. More formidable - •.abilities and more accumulated forces weremoryto be Contended against, and the issue was of the highest., moment, not only to) Spain, hut to this country, to Europe, and the world. What part his Majesty'S - Ministers . were prepared to act at so critical a juncture, tb could - not conjedure. They had at present in this Country delegates from the brave, people in Spain, who seemed determined to the torrent by which they were to be swept :into servitude. From these, and other sources Of information, he hoped they might be enabled to coiled the best information of the real state of that Country, and of the probability of success with which so bold and hazardous a struggle might be at tended. 'With such information bekre them, what would be their conduCt ? This was the point winch excited his anxiety. Would they hold out encourage rn arms ent and ass i stance to t h e S pan i ar d s w h o were now against the invaders, before they saw any forma Government established in the Country with which they could communicate ? Would they make a common cause with the Patriots of Spain before they ascertained the principles up on which they were i acing, and th e en d s which they were endeavouring to ac c omplish could not think it politic to etn n such a ?ca l- u l s e e, bark without some previous know ledge of th e d esigns out some more defin o it t e . d ti e le ter S a p l a ir l i ' a is ti h otr i o t f r t io h t e s— gro w ul i r th d; upon wfrich they were proceeding to aft. He hoped Ministers wou ld , i n the present case, take a lesson from past experience, and recolle& the result of the interference of this Country in La Vengte. He felt it his duty to throw out these hints, without ex peeting any detailed explanation of what might be the views and intentions of his Majesty's Government. He now begged to trouble their Lordships with a word or two about Sweden.- -The situation of .that Kingdom and of its So vereign was also highly interesting ; respening the issue of the struggle which that gallant Prince was making against the common oppressor, he con fessed he had. his fears. Still he should have our best assistance, as if our hopes of final success were most sanguine. Such an example was to be sup ported and upheld. But should that spirited Sove 'reign be also doomed to yield, we should not be its attentive to the fate that was to befall his kingdom. If it was to be portioned, should not this Country rook to the interests of Denmark, to the future , views of the Great Northern Power, god to the . . :•••• , . .„ Th.?, Duke of Norm Lit olir..c.rved, that if IP, Noble Lord should hereafter c•intri'vti to briti Y the question before the Houie; he v.roLiid pledgeehirn self to prove that the public were more iiittmmted in the property of the Crown than in tlie l Nperty of any inilividoals. The Order of t'4: - Day Wag then inoi,' - c4 'for tho third reading Of the Stipendiary Curates' 131', v , hen The Earl of nUbICINGHAMSHIRE renewed hi for mer opposition to the 13il!, which was again support ed by Lord Harrowby. . . The LORD CktAticeLLoit doubted the expediency of the Bill, and wished to hear something upon the Subjed from the Right Revetend the Bcrlcil Bishops. _ _ . The Bishops of lidchester, Bristol, and C opposed the Bill, as likely to produce more Mischief than good. The Bishop of London and Lord HaWkebury sad a few words in favour of the Bill. The ARCHBISHOP Of CANTERIaURY was favoUr-. able to the objet of the Bill, but thought, in its present state, it would rather produce niisehief than good. The third reading was negatived Without a divi sion, and the Bill rejected. On the motion that the Appropriation Bill be m-..d a third time, Lord Holland renekved the ohserva.: tions relative to the Colie2,e of Mltynooth; and was answered by Lord Ha cykeAlury. After a tew servations from the Duke of Biiclf , ,rd and Lord Lat.derdale, the Bill was passed. On the motion that the Distillery Bill be read a third time, Earl BATHURST proposed an AlteratiOn; that stead of Great Britain the word England should be introduced, in order to correct a clerical error in the Pord Hot.LANn thought that some inquiry oulz-hi to be instituted how such a inistaks had creel into the Bill. Earl BATHURST stated, that it was the prokinco of the other House of Parliametit to make the inquiry; It.; the Bill had come up from the tither House % . vittit the niiitake as it at present stood. Earl Bathut st's Antertdment was adopted. The Court of Sessions Bill was read a third time, after a few observations from Lord Lattdcrdal.:, Lord Rosslyn, and the Lord Chancellor ; as was alSo th© Scotch Judges' Annuity Bill. • . The Assessed Taxes'Bill was read a third time . , and passed. The Loan CHANCELLOR mewed, that ah hurnble. Address be presented to his Majesty, that he trla , / be pleased to order that a more adequate reniunera;• lion be given tci Mr. Stacey, AssiStant Counsel to. the Chairman of the Committees' of the House of Lords.- After a few words froth the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Walsinghani, the Addresi was agreed to. Adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. • TiftIASDAY, JLT;IE 30. A Message from the Lords desired the attendance of the House at their Lordships' Bar,- when the Royal Assent• was given by Commission to several public Adts, for which see the Pruceedingsof the Loris. It was ordered, on the motion of Mr.,Locr.:tAar, that there be laid before the House.early in the next Ses;ion, Copies of the .Returns made hy the Bishop; relative to the Residence of the Clergy. Mr. MAnnocKs imiorited his intetition of reqew-: ing i❑ the ensuing Session, the Biil which had passed this House on his motioii, but had been lost in the other House. The subject of the Bill was the Sup= ply of Coals from Liverpool to Wales. With a view to his intended motion, M r . MADDOCKS moved for an Account of all Coals carried Coastways, from the Port of LiVerpooi • to any Port in Wales, distinguishing the port and the quality of the Coal, whether Kennel, Pit Coal, - or Slack. DISCIPLINE OF THE ARMY. Sir F. BURDETT, with a view Id lay a foundation for a motion .which he intended to offer early in the next Session of Parliament, for the purpose of Abo lishing Dlogging in the Army, moved, that there be laid before the House Regimental Returns of all Corporal Punishments sentenced and inflie.ied in all Regular and Militia Regiments for the last ten years, with the causes thereof, and the number of lashes infliaed on each occasion. The SECRETARY at WAR deprecated the motion, as going improperly to interfere with the prerogative of the Crown, and the discipline of the army, and as tending to no good consequence. in these times, • above all others, it was necessary to have an army governed by l e distin6i, direct, and decisive laws, to tight the battles of the country. He represented strongly the danger of agitating ihe minds Of the sol diers, by discussions of this kind; at the present mo• ment. He adverted to the mischiefs productki by false notions of rights in the mind of the navy not many years since:- He insisted no the contitutionll rig!)t of the Crown, from time iftitnemonal, to the entire controul of the army, and contended that there was no ground now to limit that controul. H e d i d not deny the right of Parliament to interfere. But he maintained that the regular controul over the Mo. tiny A sufficient. Seeing no possible benefit from the prodUaion of the papers, which conk! not be produced without great difficulty, and being still more adverse to the use proposed to be made of them when produced, he would give his decided ne gative to the motion. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT thought it would not be 'matter of any difficulty to make out the returns from the regimental records, which he supposed were kept of ali such matters. The great amount of our army at present, and• the vast proportion of the po pulation of the British Empire which would be sub- • Lord GROAVENOE rose to call the attention of the 1 jeBed to military law by the Local Mlitia, rendered House to certain rumours that had gone abroad, of it highly proper, at the present time in particular, an intention to erect a number of buildings, so as to that corporal punishment, so degrading in the eyes obstrua the view of the Park, which contributed so of all mankind, but so particularly obnoxious to the much to the pleasure and the health of the inhabi- feelings of Britons, should be nolongercowinued. He tants of the Metropolis, while it would materially cited the opinion of Mr. Justice 13:ackstone, to skew injure the property of several individuals. He was that the Mutiny Acct was a hasty measure, requiring at a loss what mode to adopt, in order to bring the much revision,and by no means sufficient to afford the matter under their Lordships' consideration!; but as constitutional controul over ttie power oft lie Crown, it regarded the welfare of the public, he must think with resped to the army, which it proposed to give, there was some mode or other of submitting it to and which was attributed to it by inc It 6 t true the consideration of Parliament. Secretary at War. The House ought lo hive ." The LORD CHANCELLOR and Lord LAUDERDALE information he required, in order to •tl: , Dle insisted that it was highly unparliamentary to inter , judge to what extent corporal punishicetil fare in the private concerns of the Crown. y infltded, how far shay were attenaed • I